Inside and outside the country, digital activists are using the power of the internet to expose human rights abuses ...

Laura O’Connor is a freelance writer based in London, largely covering gender and human rights. She was previously based in ...

Ege Dündar is a Turkish writer and free speech defender. He worked with PEN International for eight years before being ...

Hungary's approach to academic freedom is being rewritten with the help of a prominent British educational magazine, argues ...

Ahead of World Press Freedom Day, a journalist with experience of imprisonment in Turkey speaks to those who have been ...

With the annual celebration taking place on 3 May 2025, six journalists from around the globe tell Index what press freedom ...

Since the disputed region had its semi-autonomous special status revoked in 2019, communities have faced increased scrutiny ...

The alarming escalation in the persecution of Turkey’s media workers is part of a calculated strategy. With the detention of Istanbul’s democratically elected mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu on 19 March, the ...

Wendy Funes, winner of the Index 2018 Freedom of Expression award for journalism, is among those who have been consistently ...

Victoria Roshchyna had two strikes against her: she was Ukrainian and she was a journalist. Roshchyna frequently reported from Russian-occupied territories, which was and is incredibly dangerous work.